Rohini Nilekani : (12)

" It is one thing to obey a government order. It is quite another to succumb to resurrected irrational fears, especially of ‘the other.’ " - Rohini Nilekani

" In this great nation of saints and poets, public administrators and ingenious architects, has our national and local imagination shrunk so much that we cannot leave the last major free flowing river of peninsular India alone, for future generations to explore, enjoy and benefit from? Let the Aghanashini flow with Aviral, Nirmal Dhara. " - Rohini Nilekani

" As ordinary citizens, we don’t spend much time reading about and thinking through the creation of new laws or amendments of old ones. " - Rohini Nilekani

" India is criss-crossed with the most elegant wells that tap into the shallow aquifer. " - Rohini Nilekani

" Governments do have the duty to protect national interest. But we should not be afraid of foreign funding of Indian CSOs, unless malintent can be proved. " - Rohini Nilekani

" With India going digital, we have a massive and dangerous e-waste problem. " - Rohini Nilekani

" Putting a climate change lens on policy making offers a huge opportunity to make smart decisions about India’s future. " - Rohini Nilekani

" India is a groundwater civilization. Almost all Indians use groundwater, directly or indirectly, each day. " - Rohini Nilekani

" The Indian elite send their children to expensive private schools, bypassing the public school system. They have their own infrastructure for water, with sumps to store it, pumps to lift it, and fancy filters to de-risk from erratic, polluted government water. Most access private healthcare to bridge the health services deficit. " - Rohini Nilekani

" One size doesn’t fit all, and I don’t have a monopoly over good ideas. " - Rohini Nilekani